(12-09-2021, 08:50 AM)727Sky Wrote: To many people on their knees praying as the executioner draws the blade across their throats for me to have much fear of a god as man seems to be the one to fear. Religions have been responsible for untold thousands of deaths and wars, all in the name of some silent unseen sky fairy who has mankind write what the god supposedly wants us to believe. Key words being "man writes what is to be believed" and then the man claims his hand was guided by some supreme god.
The religious factions preach and proclaim tolerance while in truth anyone who does not fall within their sects hierarchy are condemned to a fate worse than death to include eternal damnation.
Thousands of years of stifled growth and advancement due to some written words supposedly by a god who promises paradise after you are dead yet written by men who seek power or live in a fantasy of their own creation..
Islam is a classic example of the dregs of a religion/government because they can not be separated. If oil had not been found in the Sunni country of Saudi Arabia and their funding of mosque and terrorist cells around the world had been eliminated earth would be a safer place IMO.
Some people need to feel there is a light at the end of the tunnel of death even if in reality there is just more darkness; but belief/faith is a strong force for life .
If I were ate up with cancer or unable to do anything but lay in a bed and shit myself the capsule would be wonderful; not to mention cutting off the for profit hospitals from stealing everything I ever worked for and anything my living relatives might receive.
If there are pearly gates and a judgement any god who would fault my decision can discuss the situation face to face and explain all the people he has smited/killed/infected with horrible diseases for little or no reason ..
And there is the rub. Whether there is a God or not - I happen to believe there is, but to each his own - most folks don't know that God, and can't see it for the label that priests and acolytes have tried to wrap around it to achieve their own ends. They change the perception of a god in the minds of the masses, and the masses never look beyond what is placed at the end of their noses, and so never see past the man-made label... and the ingredients on that label change to suit the narrative of the day.
I also think that anyone who fears God has issues that they'll never be able to resolve. They've taken the bait, listened to too many preachers and priests, and didn't do enough seeking on their own. They settled for the labels offered, to their own detriment. There is always a reason for fear, and if it is present, they better spend more time looking inward, and less looking outward seeking advice from others who know no more than they do.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’